Jordan

High

Ranked #100 of 195 in 2023 · Arab States

Source: UNDP Human Development Report 2025 composite indices. All figures below come directly from that dataset — nothing here is estimated or AI-generated.

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Human Development Index, 1990–2023

0.754 in 2023, compared against the world and Arab States average.

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Components

77.8 yrs

Life expectancy

13.1 yrs

Expected schooling

10.2 yrs

Mean schooling

9,222

GNI per capita

Related indices

Inequality-adjusted HDI

0.637

HDI adjusted downward for inequality in the distribution of health, education, and income within the country — lower than HDI whenever inequality exists.

Gender Development Index

0.861

Ratio of female to male HDI — 1.0 means parity; below 1.0 means women's human development lags men's.

Gender Inequality Index

0.433

Reflects gender-based disadvantage in reproductive health, empowerment, and labour markets — 0 is parity, 1 is total inequality.

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI

0.714

HDI adjusted downward for a country's carbon emissions and material footprint — the gap from HDI shows the cost to planetary pressure.